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held possession of the northern and western parts of 
Europe from the earliest times. But that they were not 
all of the same branch, though probably sprung from the 
same origin, is the opinion which the best Celtic historians 
have adopted, from certain differences in their language, of 
which I am no competent judge, being profoundly ignorant 
‘of the Celtie tongue in all its dialects. Davis, the learned 
author of the Celtic researches, gives the following trans- 
lation from the Welsh triads on the subject of the primitive 
inhabitants of Britain, collected by Caradoc, of Langarvan, 
about the middle of the twelfth century :—“ The three 
Benevolent tribes of the Island of Britain. The first were 
the stock of the Cymry, who came with Hu Gadarn 
into the Island of Britain ; for he would not have lands by 
fighting and contention, but of equity and peace. The 
second was the race of the Loegrys, who came from the 
land Gwas Gwyn, near the mouth of the Loire, and were 
sprung from the primitive stock of the Cymry. The 
third were the Britons; they came from the land of 
Lydaw, on the coast of Gaul, and were also sprung from 
the primordial line of the Cymry. Three tribes came 
under protection into the Islands of Britain, and by con- 
sent and permission of the nation of the Cymry, without 
weapon, without assault. The first was the tribe of the 
Caledonians, in the north ; the second was the Gwydellian 
race, which are now in Albany or Scotland ; the third were 
the men of Galedin, who came in naked ships into the Isle 
of Wight when their country was drowned. Three usurp- 
ing tribes came into the island, and never departed out of 
it. The first were,the Coranied, who came from the land 
of the Pwyl ; the second were the Gwydellian Phicti, who 
came into Scotland over the sea of Locklyn or Denmark; 
the third were the Saxons.” 
